[obol] FW: Is it an eagle or what?

[Devon Batley]

From: devon_batley at hotmail.com
To: kirkpat at charter.net
Subject: RE: [obol] Is it an eagle or what?
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 23:54:15 +0000









you can disregard both the suggestion of an Osprey or Ferruginous hawk. Though your friends' photo is washed out. You can clearly see that the bird has a black bill and a yellow cere, which suggests a subadult Bald Eagle. As eagles mature their bill gradually grows out from the cere. Conversely Golden Eagles have yellow bill from the get go. Ferruginous hawks have a very apparent yellow bill & cere w a large gape, visible from quite a distance. Also the head shape is wrong. While Ferruginous are large hawks they have a bulky chest which makes there head look small. The bird in this photo has a large protruding head. It is clearly not an Osprey as it has no eye stripe or brown necklace. 
Bald Eagles have large head and shorter tails that do not protrude beyond their wing tips. If you are still unsure consult the Wheeler Guide to Raptors of North America. This is the raptor identification bible. 






From: kirkpat at charter.net
To: yaakovm at comcast.net; obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:20:56 -0800
Subject: Re: [obol] Is it an eagle or what?

Is it an eagle or what?






How about Osprey.
 
Doug Kirkpatrick



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[mailto:obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Jordan 
Epstein
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 1:04 PM
To: 
obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
Subject: [obol] Is it an eagle or 
what?



To 
All On OBOL:
A friend recently (mid-November) took this 
photo hiking near his house in Arnold, CA.  The photo was 
taken at Lake Alpine, which is about 100 miles northeast of Stockton.  
He asked me what the bird was and I’m not sure.  It’s clearly a large 
raptor, probably an eagle.  But I wanted to share it with you to see if 
there were other possibilities.  The photo quality is not good so a clear 
identification might be difficult.  Any help would be 
appreciated.  The photo can be found at http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BYs2rdq0bMKK. 
Jordan Epstein
SW 
Portland



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